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Japan Reports Continued Gain
In Corporate-Goods Prices

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Kirsty Mackenzie Dow Jones Newswires

Updated Dec. 13, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

TOKYO -- Japan's domestic corporate-goods prices rose in November from the year-earlier month, marking the ninth straight month of year-to-year gains, but there aren't yet any signs that the higher upstream costs will flow to consumer prices.

The domestic corporate-goods price index, or CGPI, rose 2% year-to-year in November, the Bank of Japan said Friday, beating Tokyo-based analysts' average forecast of a 1.9% increase.